The patent system as well as the copyright system should be totally redone, it takes 6 months to a year to have music copyrighted, several hundred dollars just to register a trademark (e.g. drawing, logo, etc.)
Actually, a week or so ago Seal got a guy a publishing deal with a big label (by the way, sometimes an indie deal with major distribution is much more profitable than just a "major" label deal). He heard his techno music playing on a webcast and called him up. Be on the lookout for many more to follow in his footsteps.
As a member of both mp3.com and amp3.com, and whoever else I can get to let me put my songs up, I can say that mp3 is merely copying trends, not setting them. I have to agree with the article's claims of mp3.coms false advertising. People who believe that they have to pay to have their stuff featured in order to get some good exposure online need to have their head examined. Just since I've been surfing here, I've found out about Live365 and Greenwitch, which look like promising exposure devices. In addition, mp3.com's "payback for playback" is only worth anything to the artists who get a staggering amount of downloads and sell CDs. I haven't sold any CDs on mp3.com, I don't really care. I sell CDs on my own out of the trunk of my car and make enough to keep making music. The purpose of mp3.com is for the exposure and networking with other similar cool artists that I might not have met otherwise. Oh yeah, amp3.com payed out $50,000 to its artists a month or two back, the first major payout of an mp3 site to its artists. Garageband has a contest ending soon that will award a 250,000 dollar contract to the winner, decided only by the reviewers (like you and me!) Seal got a guy signed to a publishing deal a couple of weeks ago. He heard the guys techno music on a webcast and called him up. This is the first big online signing, and I'm sure there are more to come. It's barely started. Jimmy Iovine of Interscope recently announced Farmclub, an online A&R that starts in Dec. As an artist, I am learning to promote offline as much as online (radio, manager, etc.) into every possible avenue I can think of to get my stuff heard. That's the goal, isn't it? To get as many people as possible to hear the music- at any expense! Long live the funk-see my website above and below
Uh, well I for one would probably rather listen to some of those so-called 13 year old dweebs music that they made in their bedroom than the 90% of mediocre bands found on the mp3 sites. Technology is evolving in such a way that one person can create his vision complete with all his own instruments played the way he wants them played. If you're in a hip town to play live in, then great. Granted, playing your vision live is the ultimate goal, but until that happens, using your comp. is the way to go. Seal just got a guy signed, he heard the guy's techno music on a webcast, and from what I heard, it's pretty good. Do you think he's played live yet? No, although he probably will eventually. Bottom line: make money any way you can to support the cause. Check my funk out at http://www.amp3.net/scooterrock
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The patent system as well as the copyright system should be totally redone, it takes 6 months to a year to have music copyrighted, several hundred dollars just to register a trademark (e.g. drawing, logo, etc.)
Actually, a week or so ago Seal got a guy a publishing deal with a big label (by the way, sometimes an indie deal with major distribution is much more profitable than just a "major" label deal). He heard his techno music playing on a webcast and called him up. Be on the lookout for many more to follow in his footsteps.
If it ain't funky, I don't want none
As a member of both mp3.com and amp3.com, and whoever else I can get to let me put my songs up, I can say that mp3 is merely copying trends, not setting them. I have to agree with the article's claims of mp3.coms false advertising. People who believe that they have to pay to have their stuff featured in order to get some good exposure online need to have their head examined. Just since I've been surfing here, I've found out about Live365 and Greenwitch, which look like promising exposure devices. In addition, mp3.com's "payback for playback" is only worth anything to the artists who get a staggering amount of downloads and sell CDs. I haven't sold any CDs on mp3.com, I don't really care. I sell CDs on my own out of the trunk of my car and make enough to keep making music. The purpose of mp3.com is for the exposure and networking with other similar cool artists that I might not have met otherwise. Oh yeah, amp3.com payed out $50,000 to its artists a month or two back, the first major payout of an mp3 site to its artists. Garageband has a contest ending soon that will award a 250,000 dollar contract to the winner, decided only by the reviewers (like you and me!) Seal got a guy signed to a publishing deal a couple of weeks ago. He heard the guys techno music on a webcast and called him up. This is the first big online signing, and I'm sure there are more to come. It's barely started. Jimmy Iovine of Interscope recently announced Farmclub, an online A&R that starts in Dec. As an artist, I am learning to promote offline as much as online (radio, manager, etc.) into every possible avenue I can think of to get my stuff heard. That's the goal, isn't it? To get as many people as possible to hear the music- at any expense! Long live the funk-see my website above and below
Uh, well I for one would probably rather listen to some of those so-called 13 year old dweebs music that they made in their bedroom than the 90% of mediocre bands found on the mp3 sites. Technology is evolving in such a way that one person can create his vision complete with all his own instruments played the way he wants them played. If you're in a hip town to play live in, then great. Granted, playing your vision live is the ultimate goal, but until that happens, using your comp. is the way to go. Seal just got a guy signed, he heard the guy's techno music on a webcast, and from what I heard, it's pretty good. Do you think he's played live yet? No, although he probably will eventually. Bottom line: make money any way you can to support the cause. Check my funk out at http://www.amp3.net/scooterrock